Jorge Santos (politician)
{{Short description|Cape Verdean politician}}
{{Portuguese name|Maurício|dos Santos}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jorge Santos
| office = 6th President of the National Assembly of Cape Verde
| honorific-suffix = MP
| image = Jorge Santos Cabo Verde.png
| predecessor = Basílio Ramos
| president = Jorge Carlos Fonseca
| primeminister = Ulisses Correia e Silva
| successor = Austelino Tavares Correia
| party = Movement for Democracy
| birth_name = Jorge Pedro Maurício dos Santos
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|3|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Overseas Province of Cabo Verde, Cabo Verde
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| term_start = 20 April 2016
| term_end = 19 May 2021
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Jorge Pedro Maurício dos Santos (born March 15, 1962) is a Cape Verdean politician who served as president of the National Assembly of Cape Verde from 2016 to 2021.{{Cite web |title=Antigos Presidentes - Assembleia Nacional |url=https://portais.parlamento.cv/antigospresidentes/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=portais.parlamento.cv}}
Political career
Jorge Santos is a member of the Movement for Democracy party. Previously Jorge Santos was mayor of the municipality of Ribeira Grande de Santo Antao. After that he served as the second vice president of the National Assembly and Chairman of Movement for Democracy between 2006 and 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://french.peopledaily.com.cn/Afrique/n3/2016/0421/c96852-9047586.html|title=Cap-Vert : Jorge Pedro Mauricio dos Santos élu nouveau président du parlement|last=F_125|website=french.peopledaily.com.cn|access-date=2016-10-05}}
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{{succession box
| title = National Assembly of Cape Verde
| years = 2016-2021
| before = Basílio Ramos
| after = Austelino Tavares Correia
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Category:Presidents of the National Assembly (Cape Verde)
Category:Presidents of municipalities in Cape Verde
Category:Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde) politicians
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